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It was the first no-hitter of this year’s season of the Little League Majors Division.   The 2008 pitching champion, Lizama is playing his final season this year as Majors Division little-leaguer. Ol Aces Little League Majors manager, Elmer Sablan who seemed to have given his players enough amount …

With only Jose Lizama and Kenji Yamagata getting struck out, the Jets zoomed with 11 runs for an early lead in the first inning. TJ Dela Cruz hit a go-ahead single and sent Tristan Javier home, while Franco Nakamura drove in Kyles Hocog with his double hit. Jhale Palacios had 12 strikes out and all…

The nine-handicapper slowed down a bit in the back nines shooting three strokes over par 39 to finish with 75 gross and eked out a net of 66. Olopai also made in closest to the pin in hole No. 15, joining Asterio Tawanpiy who excelled in the hole No. 6. New member, Jesse Seman who made his appearan…

From a three-run deficit in the sixth, CPA lambasted Public School System in the final inning for a 20-12 victory. CPA scored only one run in the fourth inning and had to close the four-run gap when they rallied past PSS in the fifth with Byron Kaipat rocketing a two-run home run and Ryan Sablan dr…

Jesus Iguel who finished first in many events during the 2008 McDonalds’ All-Schools Championships won the annual NMA Athlete title for 18-and-under Boys Division. He was the fastest in overall time in 100-meter run with 11.24 seconds and in 200-meter with 23.54 seconds. He also jumped the longest …

Baxter who won with partner, Randy Steele in last year’s Men Championship, defeating Daisuke Matsumoto and Shigekazu Fujimatsu will make his sixth visit to the CNMI. A professional player of Federation Internationale de Volleyball, Baxter will meet Olympic gold medalist Phil Dalhausser who is also …

Check in time will be 11 a.m., and tee time, 12 noon. Registrations closes at 11:40 a.m., and no late comers will be allowed to join the tournament. Tournament fee is $30 and the green fee is $30.  And still open for new members is the membership of $25. The January Ace of the Month is Cui Xiang La…

The players will get $125,000 each and the winner will face world champ Visshy Anand of India in a match this year. The world’s number one, Topalov has a rating of 2809, while Kamsky is ranked 17th at 2725. Moreover, the match will be played in Toppy’s hometown but, as IM Jack Peters has noted, “Ka…

Estolas was all over the place penetrating from different points and finished with 18 points. Taking advantage of Edzel Mendoza’s towering dominance taking 11 rebounds, Estolas set most of the offensive with six successful assists and three steals. Kelvin Bernardo also blasted with 16 points and gr…

Banjo Basila and Kay Bernardo rallied to help World Resort secure the lead in the first and second quarters. Basila basketed seven of his 19 points and Bernardo took over the task halfway to the third quarter, investing in two-pointers, scoring eight of his 17 points for their 72-68 victory. Wowie …